Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usThu, 02 Aug 2012 12:22:34 +0000Egypt arrests another Facebook user for blasphemyhttp://www.dailydot.com/news/egypt-muhammad-arrest-facebook/<p><img src='http://cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/90/12/90123797bbfdce43aab5f7ddf92f0fc6.jpg'></p><p>
Yet another Egyptian has been arrested for anti-Islam activity on Facebook.</p>
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Bishoy Kamel, 32, was <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/49126/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-teacher-arrested-for-offending-Islam-on-F.aspx">arrested</a> Monday and held for four days for managing a Facebook page where people shared cartoons thought to defame Muhammad and the religion of Islam. Any pictoral depiction of the prophet is considered a form of idolatry, and is thus taboo to most Muslims.</p>
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Kamel said that while he indeed managed the Facebook page where the cartoons were found, he didn&rsquo;t control what others posted there, and said the page was &ldquo;hacked&rdquo; on Saturday.</p>
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The man who reported Kamel, Mohamed Safwat, claimed that Kamel also &ldquo;insulted members of his own family&rdquo; on Facebook.</p>
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Earlier this year, <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/news/egyptian-jailed-muslim-prophet-muhammed-facebook/">Egyptian police arrested a 17-year-old boy</a> for a similar offense. Gamal Abdou Massou faced essentially the same charges: posting cartoons of Muhammad to Facebook, where they were shared by his friends. In April, a judge sentenced Massou to three years in prison.</p>
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Kamel, like Massou, is reportedly <a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20120731185642.htm">Christian</a>. Kamel faces up to five years in prison if convicted of blasphemy charges.</p>
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<em>Photo via <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_soldier,_DO_NOT_attack_your_own_people!.gif">Wikimedia Commons</a></em></p>
kcollier@dailydot.com (Kevin Collier)Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:22:34 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/news/egypt-muhammad-arrest-facebook/NewsFacebook